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• We are a group of students from 11TMB,Cahit Elginkan Anadolu
Lisesi,Kocaeli,Turkey.We wanted to know about the positive and negative
influence of a country’s geographic location to its
climate,development,economy and military power and how to change
disadvantages into advantages.For instance, Turkey functions as a bridge to
connect Asia to Europe and this enriches its economy. Being surrounded by
seas on three sides is an advantage to tourism industry and sea transport.
However, as the surface is uneven, we cannot take enough advantages of
minerals and water resources.
• Many thanks to the students from Transcom Institute who kindly
contributed.
Our city;it is a bay at the
Marmara Sea.It has petroleum
refineries and it is the region
where petro-chemical industry
is set up.
Majority of population manages
to live working in petroleum
and chemical industry factories.
Kocaeli is one of the nearest
cities to Istanbul,which links
Asia to Europe.The city is
crowded and rich.Besides,it has
a cultural wealth for historical
side.
The city is developing rapidly.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of your
country’s geographic location?
• The climate of Turkey is temperate.Turkey functions as a bridge to connect
Asia and Europe.Our border neighbours are
Bulgaria,Greece,Syria,Iraq,Armenia and Georgia.In Turkey we live different
climates.The seas surround three sides of the country.They are Aegean
Sea,Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea.They form two important straits,so
our mercantile is developed.
• Turkey has a lot of important metals and mineral deposits,but the
surface form of our country is rough and the reserves of metals are
a few,so we cannot take advantage of them efficiently.
• Our country lends itself to growing and cattle-dealing. This is an advantage
for nutrient sector.Wheat is grown in many parts of the country,but it can
provide merely our need. Cotton is grown in a large area country and it
provides contribution to textile. Textile industry is well-developed.
Turkey is one of the Mediterranean countries, so we are lucky about
tourism.
How influential is the geographic location of
your country to its economy?
• Geographic location influences the economy of Turkey in these
ways:
• It is located under the middle latitudes.The climate in Turkey
becomes hot-warmluke in summers due to this location and it makes
life and economic activities easy. It increases the variety of plants,
agricultural life, stock-breeding, industry, trade and tourism.
Turkey is surrounded by seas on the three sides.The
followings are influenced by this feature:
• Dampness on coasts becomes higher and as it influences human
life, plants, agricultural products, forestry and stock-breeding, it
provides a positive addition to development.
• Navigation, especially sea transportation, sea trading and
fishing.
• It refreshes tourism on coasts.
– Turkey is located among the continents of Asia, Europe and
Africa. Being placed on transportation ways among these
continents influences Turkey in very different ways and these
effects to be continued.
• Does it have any positive or negative influence to your military
power?
• We have been struggling with terror organizations. Our soldiers are
charged to stop terrorism. The surface form of our country is uneven
and this makes it easy for terrorists to hide in the mountains and this
is a negative effect for the military power.
• What kind of contribution does it provide?
• As already mentioned, it contributes to agriculturing, mining,
tourism, cattle-dealing and industries.
• How will it be possible to change negative effects into positive ones?
• Our country has seven geographic regions. The south eastern part of Turkey
is arid. However, we make it suitable for agriculturing with GAP (
Southeast Anatolian Project)